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Originally Posted by Pastor Poster
You miss my point Prax. My question is "how far does your open-mindedness stretch?" Is there a limit to it? Are there some thoughts, ideas, and viewpoints you refuse to entertain, or are you totally open-minded?
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No I did not miss it. You are distorting what an open mind means. Open mindedness does not mean "Hey, I'll become a pedophile and see how that goes"....
An open mind is willing to examine the truth of a claim and if true accept it as being true. I can accept as being true that smoking crack will ruin your life but having an open mind does not mean I will try smoking crack to see how it feels.
An open MIND is about the MIND...it's about TRUTHES. An open mind will look at the facts of evolution and if the facts pan out accept evolution is true. If it is true, then it is true. Truth is Truth. God created ALL things including truth.
An open mind considers the merits of someone elses viewpoint and weighs if they are true or not. If you LOVE the truth then you will objectively examine such things. Open Mindedness means objectivity. Close mindedness means subjectivity.
I would dare to say as an example that many Muslims are Muslims because they are NOT open minded and are subjective in how they view their own religion and ours.
I would also say as an example that if the early Trinitarians were NOT willing to be open minded, or objective, but were subjective, they NEVER would have become oneness because they would never have been willing to examine the Trinity.
Close Mindedness is akin to handing your brain over to someone else and not thinking for yourself
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